Machine for dressing the interior of kegs



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MAGHINE FOR DRESSING THE INTERIOR OF KEGS.

No. 286,661. Patented Oct. 16, 1883.

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UNITED STATES I PATENT Enron.

LEONARD YVEINDEL AND JOHN A. \VEINDEL, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

MAGHiNE: FOR DRESSING THE INTERIOR OF KEGS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 286,661, dated October 16, 188?.

Application filed March 9, 1883;

view, part in sect-ion, taken on line 2 2, Fig.1

1. Fig. 3 is adetail view, showing a certain position of the parts, as hereinafter explained. Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail view. Fig. 5 is an enlarged transverse section taken on line 55, Fig. 1; and Fig. 6 is a similar View taken on line 6 6, Fig. 1. Fig. 7 is a detail view.

My invention relates to amachine for dressing the interior of kegs and buckets and crozing and chanifering the same; and my invention consists in points of novelty hereinafter fully described and claimed. 7

Referring to the drawings, A represents the base of the machine, supporting at one end two columns or standards, B, having journal- I boxes B on their upper ends, in which works by rods or arms F.

a shaft, 0, which is hollow, as shown in Fig. 2.

(1 and G are tight and loose pulleys on the'shaft G. On the inner end of the shaft is a spider or disk with arms D rigidly secured thereto, so as to turn with the shaft, having a a flange, D", which is connected to a disk, E,

The disk E has an opening in the center, and secured to it by screws G, or by other suitable means, is a ring, G, into which fits one end of the keg or bucketH, as shown. The opening in the disk might be smallerand the keg fit. directly into it; but with removable plates having openings of different dimensions). different-sized kegs can be dressed on the same machine by simply adding a plate or ring to suit.

Within the hollow shaft- Ois a spindle,l, having rigidly secured to its outer enda cupshaped holder, 1, with a flange, 1 to which is removably secured a ring, I, to receive the other end of the keg or bucket H, it being similar in all respects to that G. The spindle has end movement in the shaft, so that the holder 1 can be moved from that E to allow a keg or bucketto be inserted, and then the holder (No model.)

I is moved forward, holding the keg firmly in place, as shown, and pressing the ends of the stavcs together. A single hoop, H, would be put on the keg before putting it into the machine, to hold the staves together. As the spindle turns with the shaft,it will thus be seen that the keg will be revolved as the shaft is rotated. The spindle is made to turn with the shaft by a pin, K, passing through them. The pin passes through a round hole in the spindle and through slots O in the shaft, and thus, while the spindle is compelled to rotate with the shaft, it has an independent end movement.- The spindle is moved endwise by the The collar has an annular groove, in which hits a ring, J. The ring is so loose that it does not prevent the collar from turning freely with the shaft, and it is provided on opposite sides with short pins J which fit in slots J of the arms J t of a bell-crank lever, J, pivoted to a standard, J, extendingnp from the base of the machine. of the lever, forming a yoke on this end of the lever. It-will thus be seen that as the free end of the lever is raised and lowercd,.the spindle will be moved endwise i'orthe purpose stated.

L represents abrake-bar pivoted on the upper end of a standard or bracket, L, secured to the base of the machine. The bar is located directly beneath the disk or flange D, and is connected by its outer end to a lever, L, by meansof a rod, L. The lever is pivoted to the base of the machine, as shown in Fig. 1, and by depressing its free end the brake-bar is brought into contact with the periphery of the disk D, to stop-the flier when a keg is The arms branch out from the body dressed and the belthas been shifted from base of the machine.

In addition to the arms or rods F, the: disk E may be supported by arms N, extending up on each side of the disk from the base-plate of the machine, and connecting with the disk by means of blocks N and holdingclamps A. The blocks N, being below the center of the disk, (see Fig. 6,) serve to give vertical as well transverse support to the same. The flange turns freely against the blocks N, which I pre- ICO fer to make of wood, and which may be readily renewed when worn out. I

We will now describe the parts supporting the dressing, crozing, and chamfering tools.

0 is a shear-plate secured to the base-plate A, having guides 0', upon which the carriagebase P has longitudinal movement to adjust the carriage to suit kegs. &c., of different lengths.

Q is the carriage, sliding transversely on the plate or base 1?.

R is a frame connected to' the carriage by hinges R at the rear sides, so that the front .side can be raised or lowered. The front side is supported upon adjusting screws, S S,which screw in lugs of the frame R, and whose lower ends rest upon the carriage Q.

S is a hand-wheel on the screw S.

S are jamnuts on the screws S.

T is a standard extending from the carriage Q up the front side of the frame It, and slotted vertically for the passage of a screw, U, that screws into the frame, and whose head bears againstthe standard, to hold the front end of the frame in any position to which it may have been adjusted by the screws S S.

V is a plate sliding longitudinally in the top of the frame R. Near the end of the plate V is a tool-holder, WV, that slides transversely in the plate, and which carries a dressing-chisel, X, having a convex edge. By this tool the inside of the keg is dressed out. To cause the edge of the tool to conform to the inside of the keg, it must have a curved course as it'moves longitudinally through the keg, and to give it the tool,this movement the described transverse movement is given to the tool-holder by thefollowing mechanism: Upon the tool-holder is a stud, W, that is embraced by the forked end of the'lever Y. This lever is fulcrumed to the plate V at V, so that it admits of oscillation in a horizontal plane to cause the transverse movement of the tool-holder. The outer end of the lever Y has a return-bend, y, as shown, and has a slot, Y, in the bend, in which is secured an adjustable fork, Z, that embraces the curved bar a of a plate, a, adj ustably connected to the frame R, the connection being made by screws a", which pass through horizontal slots a, and screw into the front side of the frame R. It will be seen that as the plate V is moved longitudinally the lever will be caused to swing on its fulcrum and the edge of the tool X to follow a curved course, as required in dressing out the interior of the keg H. By the adjustment of the plate a upon the frame R, or the adjustment of the fork Z upon the lever, or both adjustments, the tool X may be suited to turn kegs of different i11- side conformations. (See Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 7.)

b are the crozing-tools, c are the chamferingtools, and d are the tools by which the ends of the keg are dressed off. These tools are all attached to the tool-holder plate V.

e is a screw by which transverse movement may be imparted to the carriage Q. I The feedscrew 6 is turned by a hand-crank, c.

The operation is as follows: The clampinghead I being in its backward position and the belt on the loose pulley, the keg II, confined by a hoop, H, has one end inserted in the ring G; then the ring I is forced upon the rear end of the keg by the downward movement of lever J V is supposed to be in its outer position in front of the clamp-ring G. The belt is then shifted to the tight pulley to impart rotary motion to the keg. Then the plate V is moved endwise by means of the handle V its end being pushed through the keg, and the tool X dressing out the inside of the same. When the tool X has passed completely through the keg and reached the position shown in Fig. 3, the carriage Q is moved transversely, (away from the operator,) and the tools I) c d act to croze, chamfer, and dress off the ends of the keg. The transverse movement of the carriage is limited by a bracket, f, connected to the carriage by a screw, f, passing througha longitudinal slot, f in the bracket, which has a downturned end or lip, f impinging against the front edge of .the shear-plate, to arrest the forward movement of the carriage atthe proper point.

\Ve claim- 1. In a barrel-dressing machine, the combination of a hollow. shaft having spider provided with a flange, disk connected to said flange by suitable rods, and spindle working longitudinally in said hollow shaft, and provided with cup-shaped holder working in said spider, and having flange to support the bar rel, the holder having endwise movement in the rotatable spider, as set forth.

2. In a barrel-dressing machine, the combination of hollow shaft 0, having longitudinal slots 0, spider D, rigidly secured to the shaft, having flange D, disk E, rods F, securing the disk to the spider, spindle I, having cupshaped holder I in the head, and pin K, securing the spindle to the hollow shaft by pass ing through the slots into a collar, J, sliding on the shaft, as set forth.

LEONA D VVEINDEL JNO. A. wnINnnL.

Witnesses:

SAML. KNIGHT, ALBERT G. FISH.

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